Phillip Torrone is an author, artist, hardware hacker and is Associate Editor of MAKE Magazine (http://www.makezine.com). He has authored and contributed to numerous books on mobile devices, design, multimedia, electronics and is a contributing editor for Popular Science. Prior to MAKE, Phillip was Director of Product Development for creative firm Fallon Worldwide, best known for their award winning work on BMW Films. Phillip is working a low cost VR system using procured electronics, discarded hardware and will be documented in the forthcoming book he is currently editing "Second Life" hacks, a virtual-only book from O'Reilly media.